Matthew Krentz's experiences growing up in St. Louis and playing basketball at junior college led him to craft a fictional account of his experiences. He wrote, directed and starred in Streetballers - the Philadelphia Daily News lauded his "chutzpah" - but he still couldn't get Hollywood to take note of the relatively low-budget Irish Urban drama.

The long-term future of government policies on abortion, the death penalty, use of torture and a number of other issues are at stake in the 2008 presidential election. Experts believe this year's election is significant because the president's power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court has the potential to substantially alter policies in the long run.

This is the last semester that students will use a Scantron sheet and No. 2 pencil to evaluate their professors. Starting in Spring 2009, the course evaluation system will be completely electronic. With this shift, the Student Committee for Undergraduate Education hopes to make the qualitative comments - which students currently handwrite at the bottom of the evaluation form but are not published online - accessible to everyone.

Last Friday, Philadelphia Police captains, community members and proud parents alike gathered in Temple University's McGonigle Hall to recognize the Police Academy's newest graduates. The 91 officers, after spending this week on traffic control during the World Series, will then be deployed to districts across the city - including several that will require them to work closely with Philadelphia universities.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering senior from Houston, Texas. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Leadership, according to journalist Chris Satullo, "can be boiled down to six Yoda-esque, pithy statements." Satullo, longtime columnist and former editorial page editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, spoke to a group of about a dozen students and faculty yesterday over dinner as part of the Fox Leadership Speakers Forum.

What's your anti-drug? For many targets of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - a five-year, $1 billion effort by the federal government to promote drug-resistance skills, alternatives and negative consequences - it doesn't seem to matter. A recent evaluation led by the Annenberg School for Communication found little correlation between exposure to anti-drug advertisements and anti-drug beliefs.

In the midst of the economic crisis, relations between the U.S. and China - a growing economic superpower - may play a crucial role. Zhou Wenzhong, who has been China's ambassador to the U.S. since 2005, discussed this relationship yesterday in a lecture

The losing streak, it seemed, would never end. But this weekend, after Columbia's 21-13 win over Dartmouth, the stench of the 13-game skid was washed away in orange Gatorade. The bath that Lions coach Norries Wilson received courtesy of safety Andy Shalbrack must have felt good - it signaled the end of the second-longest active skid in the Football Championship Subdivision.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 25 - For the first 16 minutes of Saturday's 9-7 win over Yale, the Quakers' offense was stagnant. Senior quarterback Robert Irvin showed an ability to roll right and hit tight end Josh Koontz on the run, but not much else, so coach Al Bagnoli decided to call on backup Kyle Olson early in the second quarter.

Many international students may be looking to return home after graduating from Penn in the next few years. Between the economic downturn and the limited availability of H-1B visas - which allow international students to work in the U.S. after graduation - U.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - It wasn't until the postgame press conference after Saturday's 9-7 win at Yale that Al Bagnoli finally showed the effects of being the longest-tenured coach in Quakers history. "I think I'm gonna go on the bus and fall asleep," he said, chuckling.

This weekend, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity rocked for the homeless on College Green On Thursday evening, the brothers of AEPi began their annual 48-hour-long camp-out during which they assumed the role of the homeless. The brothers stayed up day and night asking passersby for change to donate to the University City Hospitality Coalition, a local soup kitchen.

Penn men's soccer senior Omid Shokoufandeh had been here before. The Quakers' strong first-half play had disappeared, and with it, their one-goal lead. They seemed destined for a tie, or worse, another Ivy loss. That's when, with just under two minutes left on a rainy, windy Saturday night in New Haven, Conn.

Sprint Football can't upend Navy The sprint football team scored a touchdown as time expired in the first half to take a 7-6 lead, but from there it was all downhill against Navy. The defending champion Midshipmen for 20 third-quarter points en route to a 26-7 victory in Annapolis, Md.

Large amounts of personal property were taken from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house early Friday morning, Division of Public Safety and Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs officials said. DPS spokeswoman Stef Cella wrote in an e-mail that they believe the theft was perpetrated by a guest of one of the fraternity brothers who stayed at the house Thursday night.